The Book of Poetry: Book VII. The Odes of Chêng: XXI. Chên Wei
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
2 Of Chên and Wei along
The lucid waters flow,
And on their banks a throng
Of men and women go.
To gentleman a lady says,
"Have you been there to see the plays?"
"I've been," says he, and she replies,
"Let's go again and feast our eyes.
The ground beyond the Wei you'll find
Large, and for pleasure well designed."
So gentlemen and ladies wend
Their way, in sport the day to spend,
And to each other oft small peonies extend.